Balancer ring



Feb. 25, `1930. J. PICARELLI Er L 1,748,461

BALANCER RING Filed Feb. l, 1928 lllllllllll BY .D v

ATTORNEY Y' Patented-Febp25 l l l' l Y' i, l l l l L UNITED STATE-S vPATFfl--NT oFFlcE-e v .'rosErH'incrementiAunF Rosana: Dietnam, orvvfBRooKi-,YNQ NEWXQRK l l' v n y y y BALANCE@ t l y Application IedVVFAebruary 1, SeralNo, 251,015.` n l VThis invention relates to 'a balancer ring awhich may be placed any ordinary formof' e f. for cooking utensils, such as pots,vpans and Cookingvesse'l 7.' I

kettles, as disposed upon aheating means, as The invention resides in the provision- 'of a I a stove, grate or the like.` 1 "ring generically designated by the numeral 9,

6 Such utensils are usually .madey Yoff-,thin Vvthe same .being composed, as shown in Fig- -55 metal which upon being subjected to intense ure'sf'l and 2,5of a lnarrow outstanding base heat, warp, buckle and bulge at their bottoms langee'lO, from which rises a vertical wall from their initial level, producing a rocking 11 leading to a curvedbead 12,'the` inner side y effect, rendering their useV less effective and of which blends by a curvedl wall 13 into'an v even dangerous, j d mreachmg flange 14. In dottedlines'inFig;` v 50 It is therefore a prominent object of the 2 another'form 0f llteeIlSl. iS ShOWIL l present invention to provide a balancing ring Q At two Opposite points the inner flange 14 I te be disposed intermediate the Vheating 1s omitted and extending radially inward means and bottoms of such utensils, whereby FOIH the Curved surface 13 are arms 15 adapt- 15 *a rmand secure seat atrtheir bottom edges *ed to seat, together with theflanges 1() and *651.

l i is secured wholly irrespective of the condi- 14 upon the bars, these arms having at their ."ti'onofthe bottom surface. ,e y Y Y lnnerends downreaching lugs 16 to straddle v e A further feature is in the provision 0f opposed bar s whereby the ring is held against means ,for retaining the ring in an` adjusted aCClCleIlCal dlsplacement.

f 20, position Centrally 0f the heating means, as for In the IIlOCllfled fOIIIl illustrated in Figure i l' instance, the grid ef a, gesvsteve, 3, an outer b ase'flange 20 supportsa vertical A Further Vobjects are toprovide a ring of Wall 21 leldlf'lg ,t9 a bead 22 blending IIO a light weight, suited in size to the cooking CloWllwaldlX lllCllled Wl1123"teImI1atI1g1l e. utensil with which it is used, easily movable 'a ShQF VBIlCLl` 1111161' Wall 24 having anin- 25 as maybe desired, andr which lis inexpensive TeaChlDg lOaSe flange 25, y :7,5 to manufacture. y l The Hnge 25, like the flange v24, isL out These several advantageous features are aJWay at WO OppOSlte SldeS vand lugs 26 eX- accomplished by the novel design vand contendd'down from the wall 24 to engage the a struction of parts hereinafter described and lOaJIS 5. 130 shown in the accompanying drawing,vconsti` y y l tutingan essential portion of this disclosure, lo? made 0f Sheet metal edle Cut and, Pressed y,md in Which: lntothe desired shape,jand that thel curved v Fig. l is a top plan ,View 'of an embodiment lower edge of the cooking utensil, of suitable of the invention,villustratin'g its application. diameter Wu'seat Pon the elements '13 0I Fi 2 is a fra mentar transverse sectional A viewgof the sam, drawnyto anenlarged scale, OY tthe (enter ofthe heating apphance not Y the section being taken on'liner2-2 of Fig. 1.l vflth, gsslg any mequahtles m the bottom d Eis 3 1S a Simllafectlona QW ShOWng vIn the modification Shown in'rigure 4 the ,a ShghtlXmOdled f orm f the Pulg. Sectlon device is shown to consist of a solidiring ,f F13- 4 1S anQthe 11k@ 719W s howmgzlf fur" yhaving a raised kannular bead 31fand-a conthel mfdcatlon In dotted 1111993112 thls fig' cave inner surface 32 to receivea vessel, two ,111:6 2. flymg Pa? 0"0the1"utens11 1S ShQWn opposed vextensions 33 being providedwith Wltll ltS base restlllg 011 Vthe hfdyOf the Ilngdownreaching lugs 34 to maintain the device Y' The embodiment of the invention as shown d in posit-,1011, y Y y v9a in Figure 1 rests on the usual series of radial AS can be Seen, all danger of .tipping and I bars 5 of a conventional gas stove, these ribs one side frying yis eliminated, a low .frying belng connected near their inner ends by pan being held level by its use.; it is also clear' g bands 6s1m1lar arrangements-,being common that the 'device is sufficiently'deep to engage 5G. 1n electr-1c ranges and like heatng means, ,onV the'vessel plaed'lhereon, preventing itrfroln RWA It is to benoted :that both these devices can 23, and be firmlyheld upright and stationary 3 5 i v becoming inadvertently displaced or overturned, while the ring itself is eectively anchored, not being slidable in any direction, thereby avoiding possible accidents.

While certain preferred embodiments of this device have been shown and described, it will be iinderstood that changes in the forin,

arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' A ring disposable over a heat source, andV comprising -a raised hollen7 bead to conioi'mably receive the lower peripheral edge of a .cooking vessel, base flanges on said ring to seat upon a heater, a pair of opposed inreaching'arnis on said ring, and means at the ends of said arms to retain the ring in adjusted position, and comprising downreaching lugs .adapted to hold the ring against accidental displacement. v .p In testimony whereof we have aiiiXed our signatures. Y s

Y JOSEPH PICARELLI.

ROBERT DRAGHI. 

